Generic prejudice in The law: Sexual assault and homicide

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-155

  Wiener, Richard L ^a   Arnot, Lucy ^b   Winter, Ryan ^b   Redmond, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33745958633     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2802_4     Document Type: Article

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